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<blockquote data-quote="Simplicity" data-source="post: 5787292" data-attributes="member: 1496">I'm not sure what harm is going to come to Wizards by making the core rules DIGITAL version free, when they are probably already considering releasing something similar to an SRD.&nbsp; Print copies have costs, and those are never going to be free.&nbsp; But the digital version?&nbsp; Releasing the a free digital version would be the same as releasing the SRD, but entail less work because (surprise) they already have it.Only worry that maybe people aren't going to buy print books because they have the digital version.&nbsp; Well, lots of those people probably would have gotten their hands on a digital version anyways.&nbsp; Just not from WotC.&nbsp; However, there are also people who would like to have the book to either (a) support gaming, (b) to have a fancy schmancy book, or (c) to rest on their cat.The reverse model, sell the core and modules for free actually doesn't work at all.&nbsp; Why?&nbsp; Because there's no real incentive for Wizards to create new modules at that point short of increasing core rule book sales.&nbsp; They need to be able to create a product stream.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Simplicity, post: 5787292, member: 1496"] I'm not sure what harm is going to come to Wizards by making the core rules DIGITAL version free, when they are probably already considering releasing something similar to an SRD. Print copies have costs, and those are never going to be free. But the digital version? Releasing the a free digital version would be the same as releasing the SRD, but entail less work because (surprise) they already have it. Only worry that maybe people aren't going to buy print books because they have the digital version. Well, lots of those people probably would have gotten their hands on a digital version anyways. Just not from WotC. However, there are also people who would like to have the book to either (a) support gaming, (b) to have a fancy schmancy book, or (c) to rest on their cat. The reverse model, sell the core and modules for free actually doesn't work at all. Why? Because there's no real incentive for Wizards to create new modules at that point short of increasing core rule book sales. They need to be able to create a product stream. [/QUOTE]

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